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I really don't know about that. I think Americans on this issue, like many issues, want it both ways. They want the government to do everything it

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jan 17 '14, 13:18

can to protect them and keep them safe. But they don't want to gve up their individual liberties either (or at least acknowledge that). Watch interviews with people when the TSA started putting in the backscatter machines that basically showed people naked. Most people responded that they don't like it, but if it keeps them safe, ok.

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- Maybe. I think your second sentence may trump that. At least until it comes to light that the data is in fact being used for purposes beyond the - pmb Jan 17, 13:26 2
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    - Or that could be interpreted in ways they didn't intend or in light of actions of others. But I think the majority of Americans aren't more expansive - pmb Jan 17, 13:30

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